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Brookshire Brothers expects to reduce its annual operating costs more than $235,000 after installing GE energy-efficient lighting at its retail supermarkets in Texas and Louisiana, according to the companies.

The company launched a facility-wide lighting update at its 72 stores including in-store, parking lot, exterior signage and refrigerated case fixtures. Using several new linear fluorescent lighting (LFL) and LED technologies from GE Lighting, Brookshire Brothers expects to cut its annual electricity use by 2.4 million kWhs, and eliminate more than 3.8 million pounds per year of CO2 emissions, the companies say.

The latest generation of Philips’ 60 watt A-19 LED bulb uses 10 percent less energy than its 12.5 watt predecessor while increasing brightness by nearly 5 percent, the company says.

The lamp — which uses 11 watts of power while putting out more than 839 lumens — has a new design using Philips AirFlux technology, an airflow cooling system that the company says eliminates the traditional distracting heat sink fins needed for thermal management of LED bulbs.

More than 130 locations of Sheetz retail gasoline/convenience stores now feature LED lighting by Cree. The energy-efficient lighting at Sheetz store locations is delivering a 45 percent reduction in energy costs for interior lighting and a 50-55 percent reduction in exterior lighting compared to the … Read more…